The show Synthesis of the Arts, which Charlotte Perriand did at the Takashimaya store in 1955 has become legendary. It was created under the the patronage of the French Embassy and came to showcase furniture and work of fine arts by contemporary French artists and designers. It featured such examples as tapestries by Le Corbusier, sculptures and paintings by Fernand Léger, and some of Perriand best pieced of furniture, inducing the Shadow Chair.